problem and lit into republicans believing govern government is the problem. >> any more than our welfare recipient or corporation or union or immigrant or gays or any other group we are told to blame for our troubles. plots applause. >>reporter: foreign policy he listed his successes including the death of bin laden and joked about mitt romney lack of experience. >> you might not be ready for diplomacy with may joining if you can't visit the olympic without insulting our csest ally. [applause]. >>reporter: the president finished his speech telling americans they are the hope and the change. >> we draw strength from our victory and we learn from our mistake but we keep our eye fixed on that distant horizon. knowing the providence is with us and we are surely blessed to be citizens of the greatest nation on earth. [applause]. >> he really gave us a lot of

hope. it's we the people who have brought us this far. >> he was the president out of out of thes speaking with the passion from his heart. >> barack was all emotional and inspirational talking to the heart of the american people. >> i thoughtçó he nailed it. is crowd is going wild and they are all going to be voting in november. >> get them to all vote in november that was the president goal. tomorrow he and joe biden will take off for ohio and for new hampshire and then the final turn for the final stretch of this long campaign. reporting from charlotte, mark matthews abc news. >> next couple months will mav quickly now. mark reporting from charlotte, north carolina. after the president nobody received more applause tonight than gabriel giffords. convention hall shook with thunder cheer and more than a few tears were shed certainly as the former arizona congresswoman took the body toum lead the pledge of

allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god -- >> it was moving. giffords of course was critically wounded by gunman in tucson in january of 2011. she left congress a year later. >> in san jose tonight democrat call their viewing party call their viewing party charlotte part 2 >> dozens pack the partyg nation. representative was there to share the moment with her constituent. >> it's about knowing that as americans we have the strength to meet our challenges and that we are america is back. he says it from the heart and we believe in him because of everything that he has accomplished. >> south bay democrat say they

are also pleased the president didn't shy away from the issue of immigration. >>çó somber day of remembrance for fallen chp officer. 37-year-old young strom quietly wounded on interstate 6 80 tuesday. he was taech taken off life support yesterday but even in death he is helping others. amma is live at job muir medical center in walnut creek with the story. >>reporter: officer's body is still here at the hospital which has lowered the flag to half staff because he was an organ donor and the process is ongoing. now tonight there's a new push to try to create a lasting memorial so that this officer's legacy will live on. chp kenyon young strom never will be forgotten. group of supporters hope to ensure that with a facebook campaign. this page is an effort to dedicate this stretch of i 6 80 in walnut creek where the officer was shot the memorial freeway.

by 10:00 p.m. the page had already received more than 13,000 like. bay area blogger behind the push. he wishes to remain anonymous but says he was asked to do so by law enforcement friend. he believes it's important to remember those who gave their lives protecting us and says this is the way to keep the officers name alive. right now officer young strom body is here at the medical center because his life work is not yet complete. as an organ tissue donor he has the potential to save more than 50 lives. >> we can im pajt 8 lives from organ and more than 50 lives from tissue. so the organ we can transplant are heart, live liver, lung, kidney, pancreas and we can split liver into 2 on occasion for very young healthy donor. we can split the liver and give a segment to 2 different individual. >>reporter: his family has release add statement saying in part kenyon was always giving to others and serving others as

chp officer and in his life with us. our grieve is overwhelm but in his special way he carries on in helping others. and the community is appreciative. some even stopped by the chp martinez office where he worked out of to pay their respect. >> this officer was injured and killed in a senseless act. and we just wanted to bring these, these balloons to show our support this. >>reporter: firefighters dropped off a card. he met young strom a couple times on the freeway. >> we work with chp all the time on the freeway. to the lose one is like losing a family member. >>reporter: and young strom family will be getting some financial support to. 100 club of contra costa county helps out the family of officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. tomorrow they will be giving his widow 15,000 dollars. if you would like to join in on the face book campaign we have linked the facebook page to our web site 7 news.com. just look under see it on tv. in walnut creek, abc

7 news. >> thanks very much. let me give folks more information on how you can help and this officer and also the cause of organ donation. to become a office at this number on the screen. or link on our web site. look under see it on tv and for those that want to make a contribution amma said the contributions are coming in to the officer's family. wells fargo bank says you can visit any branch and ask funds be contributed to the ken i don't know young strom children benefit memorial fund. that simple. >> we have received thousands of condel instant for officer young strom's family friends page and we certainly invite to you share yours. go to facebook.com slash abc 7 news. >> east bay police are still searching for a killer tonight. contra costa county deputy swarm this home on marina road searching for man accused ofe

shooting and killing another man in bay point. happened before 2 this afternoon. deputy were told the killer ran into this home but when officers entered nobody was inside. shelter in place warning issued for nearby schools and neighbors while authorities searched for him. that shelter in place was lifted about an hour and a half later. >> more to come opening old wounds. coming up those who survive the san bruno pipeline explosion watched a new documentary tonight about the horrible day. >> also frustration in san jose. homeless camp cleared out over the summer are back. >> plane forced to land in a hurry. cruel joke ex girl friend plays

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francisco tonight where the whole thing began. lisa? >> south san francisco police county and federal officials are looking for a man who they say kidnapped his 2 small children less than a mile from here. it all happened on tuesday afternoon when authorities say christopher rented a car and drove from his home in elk grove near sacramento and broke into his ex girlfriend's house. she lives on james court. i spoke with her late tonight and she was in the process of filing a restraining order in redwood city when he got into her home and took the couple 2 children. her mother was watching the kids at the time. she says he ran down the street with the kids. still had his car running. put the kids inside and then sped away. >> i'm afraid if they back him into a corner. i don't want him to snap and do something really stupid any more than what he has already done. so i'm really worried for my killed. i just want them to come back home to me safe and

unharmed. >>reporter: l after he left south san francisco officials say he drove to the marina in alameda as you mentioned and stole this yacht. this is a photo of the 40 foot yacht named unleash. yacht also hassan fran painted on the stevrnlt the last time the yacht was seen was yesterday around 6:00 p.m. near mare island near vallejo. christopher is 43 years old. he has dark hair and short beard. his children are 4-year-old brooklyn and 2-year-old definite i hope. white sleeveless dress with a blue and green design she had on and devin was wearing a short sleeve sponge bob t-shirt and a diaper. back here live now police do think that the man could be heading either to monterey or even as far away as mexico. live in south san francisco tonight, lisa, abc 7 news. thank you. this sunday it's two years since that pg&e gas pipeline

explode entered san bruno with such disaster results. 8 people killed. 3 dozen homes destroyed. tonight some of the survivors watched new documentary on that horrific day. lillian kim has the story. >> 30 minute documentary is titled trial by fire interview of survivors of the pipeline explosion. as well as first responders. witnesses. city officials. tonight a few dozen people came to the san mateo county history museum to watch it. it was living the nightmare all over again for her. >> it was very edgey to me. thank goodness i had my family with me to kind of walk it through because i have had a really hard time just recovering from this. >>reporter: for nancy watching the documentary was a different experience. she was out of town when the fire from the explosion destroyed her house. her husband bob wasome alone. butanaged to escape. >> i always feel guilty because i wasn't there and yet i'm glad

i wasn't because i don't think i would be here today. i panic when he's the calm one. >>reporter: peninsula resident and document directed trial by fire. it goes back to the very beginning. from how everyone first thought the pipeline ex completion was a plane crash. first responders also recall how they were unable to get water right away because the water main was blown out of the ground. as for pg&e culpability in all of it. >>reporter: no mention of that. >> that's somebody else's movi movie. i'm not about that. i'm about this can happen. people need to work together and cooperate in the face of this. >>reporter: that's exactly why san bruno mayor says everyone should watch the trial by fire because what happened in san bruno can still happen any wlichlt not just san bruno specific issue. it's a california issue and nationwide issue. >>reporter: the documentary is now available here at the san mateo county history museum. it can be check out at the research library. in redwood

city, abc 7 news. >> authorities are warning that san jose homeless encampment with mainly contributor to water pollution. many along water way like the coyote creek and run off from tons of debris and waste flow from his them to the bay. san jose tried to clear some of the encampment over the summer but estimated 900 homeless people and trash quickly returned. san jose city council is devoting entire session to reevaluating the policy for handling the homeless. >> well let's focus on the weatherxd. weekend almost here and it has been nice. >> really has. sandy is here now. >> we are looking at beautiful weekend so if you like today's weather sure going to enjoy this weekend weather. and i want to show you a spectacular shot. this is pollinged by larry t. this is the sun set from san martin posted on my face book page. still a few sub tropical clouds moving through early this evening. of course this morning we did have couple of isolated thunderstorms develop around

livermore san jose area and that dumped a few showers but that's all long gone we check out live doppler 7 hd we have the fog starting to cross back in around the point reyes area. golden gate bridge seeing the fog along the coast first thing tomorrow morning. temperatures rate now falling half moon bay 48 degrees. it is going to be a cool night. most other area in the 50's redwood city antioch in the low 60's. here's are your highlights we are lacking at base can i coastal clouds tonight. mild pattern friday through sunday and warmer days are coming early next week so we do have a little bit of change come. today high pressure came. in the upper 80's inland. coastal area in the low 60's. we bump you up a little more for the inland community. tomorrow in one direction and that's down in the morning starting out cool we don't have as much cloud cover as we did last night in termsv: of the mid hih cloud so they don't insulate when you only have just the fog so 49 in napa first thing in

the morning. 47 half moon bay. santa cruz 49 degrees you will face the fog. 52 san francisco. give yourself a little extra time and make sure you wear a sweater or jacket as you head out the doors. water vapor image ray return of dry air aloft and with that return of dry air it means stable atmosphere heading into the weekend. tomorrow morning starts out with the fog. low fod pull away. sun is out. beautiful day. 80's in livrp more value area. inland community. 70's around the ba bay. 60's right around the coast. the tl beach strong rip current expeed around the monterey bay. risk of rip current beach hazard statement issued by national weather service friday night through sunday afternoon the north facing beaches likely to see the high rip current risk to northwest swell generate from a distance and that's headed in their direction. high for tomorrow. 82 san jose. 80

sunnyvale warm day on the peninsula. 74 san mateo. pacifica 59. daly city same thing pt downtown san francisco 65 degrees get you up into the north bay. occasional high cloud. 79 santa rosa. vallej vallejo. east bay 72 in oakland. 76 castro valley head inland it's warm. 90 in livermore. 86 for new concord. for the monterey bay 76 in santa cruz. 90 for morgan hill. hears the forecast for the giants tomorrow night as they host the dodgers partly cloudy low 60's dropping to the upper 50's by 10:00 p.m. accu-weather 7 day forecast. 60's to 90's the next couple days. slight downward trend on sunday. monday. but just bounce writ back beautiful forecast for the next 7 days. >> looking forward to it thanks. >> coming up next. the mtv music awards. >> big winner when we

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boyfriend. he was dragged from the plane in handcuffs by a s.w.a.t. team who thought he was carrying the explosives she called the airline about. he was quickly cleared and released. big night at the mtv video music award. >> video of the year award goes to -- rihanna. [ screaming]. >> well it wasn't all about rihanna. ç one direction quicky took over winning 3 awards. best pop video best new artist and most share worthy width vo. chris brown best male video and choreography. nicki minaj best female video. >> there you go. fun to see how they are dress there had too. >> pretty wild. larry. >> i'm out of the music loop, map. oh. lets talk good news. recovering at local hospital here tonight. juan martin

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yechltdz he walked off unhis own power the scan revealed epidural hemorrhage and skull fracture. gm quoted today saying we are glad to report he is stable, awake and alert. beat la. at&t tomorrow night when the giants open 3 game series with the dodgers. san francisco lack to go separate themselves from la in the standings currently 4 and a half up in the west. pitching match up. tomorrow night. if tim newly acquired beckett have combined record of 14 and 26. that said it's pennant race time and giants dodgers. >> i think both teams will look at this as a big series. it's going to be intense out there. that's why you play the game. that's why we are here. this is what you should lack forward to. >> don nelson time arrived. tomorrow he will been shrined into the basketball hall of fame. nelli joined others for photo op. won more games and

if he ever won championship best remembered for most out of the team and loved seeing the ball go through the hoop. >> let's out score. one thing we could do. we can't battle with them in the low post so let's open the court up and have some fun and score a lot of points and we won a lot of games doing that. >> he was fun. for years the field trying to keep one tiger woods now tiger woods finds himself trying to keep up with rory. both men with 3 wins this year but rory has major coming off a win last week. 2 paired together in the first round of the championship. mcilroy eagle on 15. here's tiger with par 36. he hung in today. l rolling in. lip out. make things worse for tiger no ace. miss the 3 footer settle for par. closes out though in style. birdie chip. 7 under 65 for tiger. one off the lea lead. best point of the u.s. open right here novak bottom of

the screen. juan martin the top. second set tie breaker for time purposes we show you the second half of the point. overhead. gets it back. volley. that goes long. set lasted 1 hour 24 minutes. entire match lasted over 3 hours. djokovic the hour in 3 exhausting sets. human backboard in swan yard l playe player. marathon match of his own. he goes the distance match point for him. fortunately for they have the day off tomorrow before about their next game. that's the 7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino oychlt thank you. >> that's it "nightline"is nex next. i'm dan. >> i'm carolyn. thanks for joining us. for all of us her here, next newscast at 4:30 tomorrow morning thanks for watching. appreciate your